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People may be wondering what has been happening with the implementation of the NZ ASD Guideline since a consortium led by the New Zealand Guidelines Group working in partnership with the Ministries of Health and Education began working on it earlier this year. An Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) was set up, has now met three times, and has started prioritising the [...]

DISABILITY BILL PASSED
The first week of September was a busy week for Disability Issues. Tuesday night 2 September saw a significant step towards an inclusive New Zealand, with the passing of the Disability Bill that clears the way for New Zealand’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This work has been led by Minister for Disability Issues [...]

For those who don’t know me, I’m Matt Frost. I work as Policy and Information Researcher at CCS Disability Action National Office in Wellington. I am also proud to say I am an Aspie!
Last month, I was privileged to be able to attend ceremonies at the United Nations in New York. This is somewhere I [...]

The NZ Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline was launched at Parliament on World Autism Awareness Day, 2 April 2008. It is a world first in that it is a whole of life, whole of spectrum and whole of government approach to autism. It will be a living guideline so can be updated regularly and have gaps [...]

Autism support as an election issue? Really? Oddly enough, that appears to be what’s happening in Australia.
 
On the same day that Labor leader Kevin Rudd used his campaign site (yes, there’s no election date, but you can bet there’s a campaign) to announce plans to introduce specialised child care and early intervention services for [...]

“The Government’s objective, broadly expressed, is that every person, whatever his level of academic ability, whether he be rich or poor, whether he live in town or country, has a right, as a citizen, to a free education of the kind for which he is best fitted and to the fullest extent of his powers. [...]

The development of the Evidence-Based Guideline for Autism Spectrum Disorder is a significant cross-government project. The Guideline will be for anyone supporting or working with a people with autism, such as professionals or family members, who will be guided by what is known as ‘best practice’ according to internationally peer reviewed research. For those with [...]

Anyone who was at the launch of A Perfect World on Monday night will tell you that “Billy Glish” — David Cohen’s old school friend Bill English — gave a soulful and eloquent speech about the challenges faced by families for whom autism is a daily reality. His observation that the book gave lie to [...]